KR100917092B1 - Apparatus for cleaning - Google Patents

Abstract

A cleaning apparatus is provided to progress cleaning without carrying several tools and control the length of a handle part and position a liquid supply part near a user's hand. A cleaning apparatus comprises a handle(100), a cleaning unit(200), a nozzle(300), a liquid supply unit(400), and a liquid supply pipe. The handle has a hollow shape. The handle is made of a plurality of unit bars(101,102). The cleaning unit is coupled at the unit bar positioned at the end of the handle. The nozzle is installed in the unit bar. The nozzle jets the liquid to the cleaning unit. The liquid supply unit is installed at a unit bar with a cleaning unit, a unit bar with the nozzle, and the other unit bar. The liquid supply unit sends the liquid to the nozzle. The liquid supply pipe passes through one unit bar and connects the liquid supply unit and the nozzle. The liquid supply pipe is expanded and contracted.

Description

Cleaning tool {APPARATUS FOR CLEANING}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning tool, and more particularly, to a cleaning tool capable of spraying liquid during use.

When cleaning floors, such as floors, you often use mop dampened with water. In order to facilitate such a mop, a mop that combines a mop with a mop is also widely used. Mop soaked in water can easily attach foreign substances such as dust, so cleaning effect is high. However, if you wipe the floor with a mop, the moisture contained in the mop is gradually transferred to the floor, so the mop gradually loses its moisture content and eventually loses the function of attaching foreign substances such as dust. Therefore, it is necessary to wash the rag or replenish moisture. In addition, when cleaning a dirty floor surface, it is also effective to apply the cleaning liquid to the floor or mop after cleaning as necessary.

In order to replenish the rag with water or spray the cleaning solution, it is necessary to carry a separate tool such as a nebulizer in addition to the rag, and it is cumbersome for the user to carry the rag and nebulizer together and use the mop and nebulizer alternately. There is also inconvenience.

On the other hand, when cleaning the glass window, the process of spraying water or washing liquid onto the glass window is often accompanied, and a sponge or squeegee is needed to clean the glass window sprayed with water or washing liquid. There is inconvenience to be done.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a cleaning tool that can spray water or washing liquid.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning tool with improved ease of use is possible to adjust the length of the straw while being able to spray water or washing liquid.

Other objects, specific advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and preferred embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The cleaning tool according to the present invention, at least one of the hollow cylindrical tubular handle of the plurality of unit bar is coupled telescopically, a cleaning unit coupled to any one of the unit bar located at the end of the handle portion, and the plurality of handles The nozzle unit is installed on one of the hollow bar of the unit bar and sprays the liquid to the cleaning unit, the unit bar provided with the cleaning unit and the unit bar provided with the nozzle unit is installed on the other unit bar and liquid is supplied to the nozzle unit. And a liquid supply part for feeding and connecting the liquid supply part and the nozzle part through an inside of one of the hollow unit bars, and a flexible liquid supply pipe. Accordingly, the handle portion is flexible and can continuously maintain the liquid supply from the liquid supply portion installed on one side to the nozzle portion installed on the opposite side.

In the cleaning tool according to the present invention, the liquid supply pipe preferably comprises a plastic pipe twisted in a spiral. In addition, it is preferable that the nozzle portion be arbitrarily bent by including a joint pipe.

In the cleaning tool according to the present invention, the cleaning part is rotatably coupled to any one unit bar located at the end of the handle portion, it is preferable to include any one selected from the bottom, mop, brush, non-woven fabric, sponge or squeegee. Do. In addition, the cleaning unit, a support plate to which any one selected from the mop, brush, non-woven fabric, sponge or squeegee is attached to the bottom, and hinged to the support plate, any one unit bar located at the end of the handle portion is detachably inserted A plate supporting plate including a rotation block formed with a receiving groove or supporting a selected one of a mop, a brush, a nonwoven fabric, a sponge or a squeegee on the bottom, and any one selected from the mop, the sole, the nonwoven fabric, the sponge or the squeegee, and the support plate. Movable clip pressed to the side, it may include a pivot block which is hinged to the support plate, the receiving groove is formed in which one of the unit bar located at the end of the handle portion is detachably inserted.

In addition, the liquid supply unit, by including a portable manual sprayer, it is preferable to simplify the manufacturing process, so that the liquid supply can be easily replaced even if the failure.

According to the present invention, since a function of spraying water or a washing solution is integrated on the mop, the cleaning can be easily performed without carrying a plurality of tools.

In addition, the present invention, while adjusting the length of the handle portion, the liquid supply portion is located in a position close to the user's hand, even if the mop is located on the opposite end is not affected by the supply of water or washing liquid.

In the present invention, since the portable manual sprayer can be used as a liquid supply unit, the manufacturing process is simple, and replacement and repair are easy in case of a failure, and the user can directly spray the sprayer with only a necessary amount of water by using the sprayer. You can save money by preventing waste.

In addition, since the cleaning part is easily detachable from the handle part, by replacing the cleaning part as necessary, by selectively using a mop, a brush, a nonwoven fabric, a sponge, a squeegee, etc. to match the floor, glass window, ceiling or wall cleaning, etc. It is possible to apply it to various kinds of cleaning work with only one handle.

In addition, since the nozzle part of the present invention can freely change posture, the nozzle part of the present invention can be used for additional purposes such as watering the flowers in addition to cleaning.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the cleaning tool according to the present invention.

1 is a combined perspective view of one embodiment of the cleaning tool according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the embodiment of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the embodiment of Figure 1, Figure 4 is an embodiment of Figure 1 Longitudinal cross-sectional view at different conditions of use.

The handle part 100 supports the cleaning part 200 to be described below while being held by the user, and includes a plurality of unit bars 101 and 102. Each of the unit bars 101 and 102 is a hollow cylindrical rod, and is coupled in a telescopic structure such that the length of the entire unit bars 101 and 102 is expanded and contracted by one sliding inside the other adjacent one. . 1 to 4, both the first unit bar 101 and the second unit bar 102 have a hollow cylindrical shape, and the outer diameter of the first unit bar 101 is smaller so that the inside of the second unit bar 102 is smaller. It is illustrated as being slideably inserted into and coupled. Of course, the first unit bar 101 and the second unit bar 102 need not necessarily have a cylindrical shape and may have other cross-sectional shapes, and the number of unit bars may also be increased as necessary. However, each unit bar has a certain cross-sectional shape, and even if a plurality of unit bars are provided, the plurality of unit bars should be interpolated and interlocked with each other, so that the length of the combined unit bars can be stretched. The fixing knob 103 is for fixing the length of the handle part 100 so as not to change by preventing relative movement between the first unit bar 101 and the second unit bar 102, and screwing to any one unit bar. As the screw is tightened, it is installed to fix both by pressing the outer peripheral surface of the other unit bar. The ring 104 is coupled to the opposite end of the first unit bar 101 of the second unit bar 102, and is intended to hang when storing the cleaning tool according to the present invention.

The cleaning part 200 is supported by the handle part 100 and selectively detaches the mop 240 from the support plate 210 and the support plate 210 to detachably support the mop, the brush, the nonwoven fabric, the sponge, the squeegee, and the like. It includes a movable clip 230 to enable. The movable clip 230 is elastically supported to rotate only in one direction, and the mop 240 is fixed to the support plate 210 by pressing the end of the mop 240 toward the support plate 210 in the state where no external force is applied. When rotated in the opposite direction by an external force, the mop 240 is configured to be separated. The cleaning part 200 may be fixed to the handle part 100 or may be manufactured integrally with the handle part 100, but may be rotatably installed with respect to the handle part 100. This is because the bottom side of the cleaning unit 200 can be in close contact with the bottom surface to be cleaned, regardless of the angle of the handle 100, the cleaning effect is increased. To this end, the cleaning part 200 further includes a rotation block 220 hinged to the support plate 210, and the rotation block 220 is provided with a receiving groove again to form the first unit of the handle part 100 in the receiving groove. It is desirable for the rod 101 to fit. Furthermore, when the first unit bar 101 is rotatably fitted in the receiving groove of the cleaning part 200, the handle part 100 can be rotated with respect to the cleaning part 200 about an axis along its longitudinal direction, and thus, use Convenience is further increased. 1 to 4 illustrate that the receiving groove is formed by the receiving tube 221, but the receiving groove may also be formed in the form of a concave groove formed directly on the rotation block 220. As such, since the cleaning part 200 provided with the receiving groove is easily detachable from the handle part 100, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, the cleaning part 200 of the type that can fix the mop 240 is provided. In addition, other forms of cleaning with a brush, sponge or squeegee can be used as needed. Meanwhile, although FIGS. 1 to 4 illustrate that the rotation block 220 is coupled to the support plate 210 by a single shaft hinge, the rotation block 220 may be coupled to a biaxial hinge capable of biaxial rotation. When the support plate 210 and the rotation block 220 are coupled by a biaxial hinge, the degree of freedom is increased, and thus the cleaning unit 200 may be more closely adhered to the bottom surface to be cleaned.

The nozzle unit 300 is for spraying a liquid, that is, water or a cleaning liquid toward the mop 240 disposed on the cleaning unit 200 or the floor to be cleaned, and is installed on any one of the plurality of unit bars, and the opening thereof. The end is directed toward the cleaning part 200. The unit bar on which the nozzle unit 300 is installed does not necessarily need to be a unit bar located at the end of the handle part 100, and thus does not need to be the same as the unit bar on which the cleaning unit 200 is installed. However, there is no reason that the unit bar on which the nozzle unit 300 is installed and the unit bar on which the cleaning unit 200 is installed are not necessarily different. In FIGS. 1 to 4, both are illustrated in the first unit bar 101. . On the other hand, the nozzle unit 300 may be in the form of a tubular body, as shown in Figures 1 to 4, it is particularly preferable to have the flexibility to change the position of the open end. For example, the nozzle unit 300 may be formed of a corrugated pipe made of metal, or may be formed of an articulated pipe as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4. The joint pipe is formed between two tubular bodies connected to each other, one tubular body corresponding to a socket, and the other tubular body corresponding to a ball. It refers to a structure that can flow without leakage of fluid between two tubular bodies, while maintaining airtightness to the outside, and an example in which joints formed by such a socket and a ball are continuously implemented is also known. When the nozzle unit 300 is made of a joint pipe, a tendency to maintain an arbitrarily bent shape is stronger than that of the corrugated pipe, and has an advantage of greater strength and durability.

The liquid supply unit 400 is for pumping a liquid such as water or a washing liquid through the nozzle unit 300. Among the plurality of unit bars constituting the handle part 100, the unit bar other than the unit bar on which the cleaning unit 200 is installed is provided. Is installed on. In addition, the liquid supply unit 400 is installed on a unit bar that is different from the unit bar on which the nozzle unit 300 is installed. For example, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, when both the nozzle unit 300 and the cleaning unit 200 are installed in the first unit bar 101, the liquid supply unit 400 may include the second unit bar 102. Is installed on. This is to ensure that the liquid supply unit 400 is located as close as possible to the user's hand, and at the same time to avoid spatial interference with the nozzle unit 300 during the expansion and contraction operation of the handle 100. Meanwhile, the liquid supply unit 400 may be easily configured with a portable manual sprayer. The portable hand sprayer is portable and has a liquid holding tank on one side, and refers to a sprayer that is manually operated by a user. It is commonly used in home gardening, cleaning, ironing, etc. Since it is very easy to purchase, it can be easily procured and replaced when the liquid supply unit 400 is broken. Meanwhile, the liquid holding tank of the portable manual sprayer is preferably exposed to the outside of the second unit bar 102, thereby facilitating the separate coupling of the liquid holding tank.

The liquid supply pipe 500 is used to guide the liquid pressurized from the liquid supply part 400 to the nozzle part 300, and is disposed inside the hollow unit bar among the plurality of unit bars of the handle part 100. 2 to 4, both the first unit bar 101 and the second unit bar 102 are hollow, and the liquid supply pipe 500 includes both the first unit bar 101 and the second unit bar 102. It is illustrated as being arranged to pass through the interior of the. The liquid supply pipe 500 should be expandable to maintain the connection between the liquid supply unit 400 and the nozzle unit 300 while each unit bar is stretched. To this end, the liquid supply pipe 500 may be a tubular material of stretchable material, but it is preferable that the liquid supply pipe 500 is made of a plastic pipe twisted spirally as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4. Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the first unit bar 101 and the second unit bar 102 are fully extended, and as shown in FIG. 4, the first unit bar 101 is connected to the second unit bar ( The liquid supply unit 400 and the nozzle unit 300 maintain the state in which the liquid supply unit 400 and the nozzle unit 300 are connected by the liquid supply pipe 500 even in the state of being shortened as much as possible by sliding into the inside of the 102, from the liquid supply unit 400 to the nozzle unit 300. Ensure that liquid is supplied continuously.

As such, a liquid such as water or a washing liquid is pumped from the liquid supply unit 400 to reach the nozzle unit 300 after passing through the liquid supply pipe 500, and then sprayed to the outside through the open end of the nozzle unit 300. Is sprayed on the cleaning unit 200 or the bottom surface to be cleaned. At this time, to which part of the cleaning unit 200 to be sprayed, or whether to be sprayed on the cleaning unit 200 and the bottom surface can be adjusted by appropriately bending the nozzle unit 300.

5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the cleaning tool according to the present invention.

Unlike the previous embodiment, the handle part 100 of the present embodiment includes three unit bars 101, 102, and 105. That is, the third unit bar 105 is added between the first unit bar 101 and the second unit bar 102. The outer diameter therebetween increases from the first unit bar 101 to the second unit bar 102 via the third unit bar 105, and the first unit bar 101 is inside the third unit bar 105. The third unit bar 105 is slidably coupled to the inside of the second unit bar 102, respectively. The fixing knob 103 is installed to fix the third unit bar 105 to the second unit bar 102, and in the same manner, the additional fixing knob 106 sets the first unit bar 101 to the third unit. It is installed to fix against the rod 105.

The nozzle unit 300 may be installed on the first unit bar 101, but may also be installed on the third unit bar 105 as shown by a dotted line in FIG. 5. In this case, the nozzle unit 300 and the cleaning unit 200 are examples provided on different unit bars, respectively. On the other hand, when the nozzle unit 300 is installed in the third unit bar 105, the first unit bar 101 does not need to be a hollow cylindrical shape, it may be a cold columnar shape.

The cleaning unit 200 is rotatably installed with respect to the first unit bar 101 through the support plate 210 and the rotation block 220 hinged thereto, but the same as in the previous embodiment, the movable clip 230, FIG. 1 is omitted, and the sole 250 is directly attached to the bottom of the support plate 210 instead of the mop 240 (see FIG. 1). The support plate 210 of the cleaning unit 200 may be attached to other cleaning tools such as a mop 240 (see FIG. 1), a nonwoven fabric, a sponge, or a squeegee in place of the brush 250.

As the number of unit bars 101, 102, 105 increases as in the present embodiment, it is possible to secure a wider range of stretching the length of the handle part 100. Therefore, for example, when it is necessary to clean or wash a place higher than a user's height, the cleaning operation can be easily performed by increasing the length of the handle part 100 even without a support such as a ladder or a chair. In this case, by appropriately reducing the length of the handle portion 100 in accordance with the user's height it is possible to perform the cleaning operation in a comfortable standing posture.

An embodiment of the present invention described above and illustrated in the drawings should not be construed as limiting the technical spirit of the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention is limited only by the matters described in the claims, and those skilled in the art can change and change the technical idea of the present invention in various forms. Therefore, such improvements and modifications will fall within the protection scope of the present invention, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the cleaning tool according to the present invention,

2 is an exploded perspective view of the embodiment of FIG.

3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the embodiment of FIG. 1, FIG.

4 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view in another use state of the embodiment of FIG. 1;

5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the cleaning tool according to the present invention.

Claims (7)

At least one handle and the plurality of unit bar in the hollow cylindrical shape is coupled telescopically, A cleaning unit coupled to one unit bar located at the end of the handle unit; A nozzle unit installed on one of the plurality of unit bars of the handle part to spray liquid to the cleaning unit; A liquid supply unit installed on the unit bar provided with the cleaning unit and the unit bar installed with the nozzle unit, the liquid supply unit for feeding liquid to the nozzle unit; Passing through the inside of the hollow unit bar connecting the liquid supply portion and the nozzle portion, and comprises a flexible liquid supply pipe, The nozzle unit, Cleaning equipment comprising a joint pipe. According to claim 1, The liquid supply pipe, A cleaning tool comprising a spirally twisted plastic tube. delete According to claim 1, The cleaning unit, Is rotatably coupled to any one unit bar located at the end of the handle portion, Cleaning equipment, characterized in that it comprises any one selected from the bottom, mop, brush, non-woven fabric, sponge or squeegee. The method of claim 4, wherein the cleaning unit, A support plate to which at least one selected from rag, brush, nonwoven fabric, sponge or squeegee is attached, And a rotation block which is hinged to the support plate and has a receiving groove in which one unit bar located at the end of the handle part is detachably inserted. The method of claim 4, wherein the cleaning unit, A plate-shaped support plate on the bottom for supporting any one selected from rag, brush, nonwoven fabric, sponge or squeegee, A movable clip for pressing any one selected from the mop, brush, nonwoven fabric, sponge or squeegee to the support plate; And a rotation block which is hinged to the support plate and has a receiving groove in which one unit bar located at the end of the handle part is detachably inserted. According to claim 1, wherein the liquid supply unit, Cleaning equipment comprising a portable manual sprayer.

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